Off-screen life of ITV Coronation Street's Sam Blakeman actor Jude Riordan - real age, showbiz dad and Michelle Keegan link
Jude Riordan was quickly taken into Coronation Street fans' hearts when he joined the soap as plucky youngster Sam Blakeman. Sam is the son of Nick Tilsley and the late Natasha Blakeman, and didn't meet his father until he was nine years old, as Natasha and Nick had split up before Natasha knew she was pregnant.